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A woman with chronic pain died of oxycodone toxicity two days after her GP prescribed an increase in the drug

General practice has been offered a 4 per cent funding uplift by Health NZ Te Whatu Ora in their annual contract talks. Is this a sign of what is coming for the pharmacy sector at the upcoming National Annual Agreement Review (NAAR) meeting on Monday?

Hamilton pharmacy owner Keshree Naidoo-Rauf has been elected president of the Pharmacy Guild and Upper Hutt pharmacy owner Brooke McKay has been elected vice president

Key Te Whatu Ora health IT projects, including the flagship Hira programme, are now facing an uncertain future due to Budget cutbacks, despite a government briefing paper highlighting the sector’s crumbling infrastructure

As pseudoephedrine-related crime is expected to rise with the return of products to pharmacy shelves, a New Zealand pharmaceutical company has created a pseudoephedrine product that is more difficult to use to manufacture methamphetamine

Kaupapa Māori healthcare providers are facing wide-ranging funding cuts on 30 June, following the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Rhiannon Braund, the head of New Zealand’s third pharmacy school, about the preparations under way

There’s been an increase in the number of clinicians and allied health workers employed by Te Whatu Ora, workforce data released today shows

The rapid-response home-visiting team of Auckland outreach vaccination service, Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, will be disestablished at the end of this month

The Ministry of Health will axe 123 jobs as part of its latest round of cost-cutting